Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

He walked to the full-length mirror and unbuttoned his hospital gown.

"Hiss..." The appearance in the mirror made Leah gasp a few times. Her slender body was covered with bruises, as if the skin color of her entire body had changed. Those strong muscles were all swollen. She felt distressed and distressed when she saw it. "Is it really necessary to do this?"

"I don't know. I haven't found a better way."

After sighing softly, Leia squeezed out the ointment and applied it on the boy's body with her fingertips. Her movements were cautious. Du Yune could not bear any more pain now, and even if he could, she would not be willing to do so.

The cold feeling gradually relaxed Shen Yunie's slightly frowned brows. He closed his eyes and took advantage of this short time to start thinking. Fighting too many times would cause physical injuries. Perhaps he needed to train in reality to make his body and mind stronger. It was necessary to participate in the training that Senior Lewis mentioned.

The feeling of carefully applying the medicine on the skin disappeared. It seemed that everything had been applied. Shen Yunie was about to open his eyes and put on his clothes when he was suddenly hugged from behind by Leah.

"Sister Leah, I have medicine on me, you will get yourself dirty if you do this."

"It's okay, I have to hug you. You did things that you didn't have to do because of Xilin and me. I suddenly felt a little regretful for indulging you in doing these things. In my heart, family members cannot be compared in terms of status.

I can't bear to leave Xilin, and I can't bear to see you like this. Yune, stop whenever you feel tired. No one will force you to do it. If you must do it, please take care of your body. In the future... I still need you to accompany me."

Shen Yunie could feel a burning sensation near her cheek, which seemed to be tears. Leia tried hard not to let it fall, otherwise the medicine she had applied with great difficulty would have melted away.

Soft lips pressed against his own, only to linger for a brief moment before breaking apart and the embrace dissipated.

Leia returned to the space, her tone had returned to calm as she warned: "Rest quickly, using the Black Abyss White Flower will help faster."

"Okay." Shen Yunie opened his eyes. After applying the ointment, his body no longer felt any pain, but the mental pain was still obvious. He turned back and sat on the bed, and began to button his clothes.

Just after fastening two buttons, there were obvious footsteps in the corridor, and Shen Ning's weak dissuasion sounded. Her momentum was so weak that the other party didn't understand her. She raised her hand, pushed the door and walked into the ward. The girl's golden hair swayed, and she was stunned after taking a few steps forward. She saw the bruises on Shen Yunie's body.

"How is this..." Yulandel's eyes widened as she looked at the bruises on her brother's body in amazement. She received a message from Changguang that the operation was successful, but her strength had not recovered. She was thinking of words of comfort, but when she saw this scene, she forgot all the words in her mind, "Brother, did the doctors really ask you to do other experiments?"

"How could that be? The doctor and the others are very nice people." Shen Yunie buttoned up quickly, but could not erase the fact that his sister saw, "The side effect of the stigmata, the Herrscher's power has not yet surrendered."

"Is there really no other way?" Yulandel sat down beside him, her face full of worry. "You have wounds all over your body. Have you applied the medicine all over?"

Hearing the noise, Shen Ning also quietly walked into the ward. She didn't dare to face this S-level Valkyrie face to face, and she didn't even recognize that she was her childhood friend from the orphanage. She carefully poked her head out to look at the two of them, her pure eyes blinked, and then she met Yulandel's gaze.

"I'm sorry!" Shen Ning subconsciously cried out in apology. She had heard the previous conversation between the two and roughly understood that Shen Yunie actually had scars all over his body. The ointment had to be applied to the injured area to be effective. If he applied it alone, there might be some places that were missed.

This was obviously Shen Ning's own negligence. Youlan Dai'er didn't mean to blame him, but the girl was too timid to take all the blame on herself. "I, I failed in my duty. I should have helped Shen Yunie apply the medicine. I'm sorry."

The stuttering apology made Youlan Daier stunned. She hadn't been back for a long time, so she had never seen this newly hired nurse. The girl subconsciously looked at her brother, her eyes at a loss.

"You scared her." Shen Yunie said calmly. His timid appearance also gave him a headache. He and Shen Ning knew each other only superficially. Even when they knew each other as children, they didn't have to help each other correct their wrong character. "Shen Ning, this is not your fault. Let's get to know each other. Do you remember Bianca?"

Shen Ning raised her head slightly, and bowed without knowing when. She looked at the girl with wavy blonde hair, "The little follower who used to follow you?"

As far as I can remember, Bianca didn't get close to their small group. She felt it was more interesting to be with Shen Yunie. They maintained a friendly relationship so my memory of them is shallow.

Youlan Daier blushed, "Not a little follower..."

She didn't want to admit that she always followed her brother. After seeing the Honkai Beast, she felt that what others did was a bit childish, so she was slow to fit in. Shen Ning's words aroused her memories, and Youlan Daier also recalled the crybaby in the welfare home.

After that, it was another scene after not seeing each other for a long time. It was not as cheerful as Shen Yunie had imagined. Shen Ning's character had been completely determined. Even though she had known Youlandel for a long time, in front of the S-level Valkyrie, she subconsciously felt that even knowing her was unattainable. Her tone was still weak and cautious, for fear of saying something wrong.

This kind of character is not innate. Shen Ning is the most pitiful person in the orphanage. Unlike other children who have no memory and are orphaned in the orphanage, she was taken in after she witnessed the death of her parents and became homeless. That scene has been deeply imprinted in the girl's mind.

She had nightmares every day, became timid and crybaby, and her personality had not been changed since she was a child, and she eventually became like this.

The timid Shen Ning also has a dream. After knowing the root cause of her parents' death, her dream is to become a Valkyrie to fight against Honkai. So even though she feels that getting to know Yulandel is unattainable, she still summons up the courage to ask: "Bianca, can I ask you a question? How can I become a Valkyrie?"

"This..." Yulandel didn't know how to answer. She was born with stigmata and was destined to take this path. The hard training since childhood was just to improve the foundation she already had.

No one can walk the same path as someone else. Since she couldn't say she didn't know, the girl thought for a long time before giving a pertinent answer, "Train hard and have a strong physique. Our comrades, whether they have stigmata or not, are training hard."

"Is that so?" Shen Ning was a little confused. She got the same answer, but she didn't even have the qualifications to train, so how could she be the same as others?

The girl was struggling in her mind, and finally she turned away in a daze. Yulandel watched her leave with an open mind, turned her head and looked at her brother. Just by looking at each other, she knew that her brother must have given the same answer as her.

After the girl left, Shen Yunie asked her sister, "When is the military academy training? I want to go to training too."

"But you're still like this now." Youlandel's expression was one of rejection. This injury wasn't serious, but it was definitely not light. "Brother, is it really necessary?"

"Well, otherwise there will be injuries of this degree next time."

Youlandel told her the training time. In fact, Shen Yunie should join the rehabilitation training in the sanatorium, not the military training of the girls. She looked at her brother who had made up his mind and whispered, "I want to take you to see that there are many places in Valkyrie that have traces of the past."

22. You're annoying as soon as you arrive

Life in Valkyrie is boring. The girls have to wake up at the appointed time and then participate in hard training, over and over again. This is a very boring and a bit torturous thing. This is how Valkyrie is. The rules here are clearly explained from the first moment they come in.

They came in voluntarily because of their own beliefs and dreams. If they want to quit, they can do so at any time. All they have to do is erase their memories and assign them an ordinary identity. Their future life and death will not be determined by fate.

Before daybreak, the girls woke up in the winter cold to dress and wash. None of them had stigmata, or they had just obtained stigmata and were not yet immune to the temperature difference and unlimited mental power. The sleeping time was fixed. If you slept a few minutes late, you would lose a few minutes. You had to come to training on time the next day.

Even so, they were still full of fighting spirit and quickly packed themselves up, biting the rubber band in their mouths, put their hands behind their heads and quickly tied their ponytails and rushed to the assembly point. Today's training didn't seem as boring as in the past. When the girls gathered in the square, their eyes were all cast to one place. There was a boy who had arrived earlier than them standing there waiting.

"Who is he?"

"I heard that he is a student of Saint Freya... the only male with the stigmata. He came here to be treated because he was sick."

"Treatment? From the looks of it, he's preparing to train with us. Will he train with us if he has the stigmata?"

Not everyone knows Shen Yunie. Most of the people who know him are scientists and senior members of Tianming. These girls who have been enrolled for one or two years don't know him at all. Most of the eyes that fall on him are admiring and curious. Shen Yunie has basically met everyone's requirements.

She was good-looking enough and had a stigma, but no one approached her to chat with her. The discussion lasted only a short time, and then nearly a hundred people in the square quieted down and lined up in a square. The girls stood there with their backs straight, and no one looked at Shen Yunie anymore.

After standing quietly in the cold wind for nearly half an hour, the training began. The instructor was someone Shen Yunie was familiar with, Lewis.

“Hmm?” Lewis frowned as her eyes fell on the young man. Her daily speech was postponed. She walked forward quickly and said, “Black Abyss Knight, have you come to the wrong place? This is military academy training, not rehabilitation training in a sanatorium.”

"I don't want to participate in rehabilitation training, senior." Shen Yunie said calmly to her, "I can't use the stigma like ordinary people. I need to temper my body, so I want to participate in military academy training."

Lewis suddenly laughed when he heard this, looked at the boy's whole body, and said with a smile: "Didn't you find a perfect excuse? Aren't you afraid of training your body to have bulging muscles?"

"If it can make my body stronger, then I am willing to train."

"Okay. But I still have to remind you that there are very few geniuses here, and everyone's goal is to be stronger than a genius, so the training will be very tiring."

Shen Yunie shrugged. This was not a problem for him. All the answers satisfied Lewis. His smile became bold. His big hand patted his shoulder without any scruples. He felt heavy. This senior had a strong physique.

Lewis held the boy's shoulders and pulled him to the front to stand with everyone. She clapped her hands and the loud applause focused everyone's attention, then said loudly: "Your new comrade, the Black Abyss Knight, you can call him classmate Shen - there is nothing to be curious about. He is also an ordinary person now. Today's training is still the same. He runs around the artificial island by himself and stops when he can't stand it anymore.

I have no requirements, I will just watch from the sidelines, and you should strive to surpass your yesterday self every day. "

After saying that, she patted Shen Yunie's shoulder again and looked at him admiringly. The meaning in her eyes seemed to be saying: New classmate, let me see your limits.

Can anyone finish the run? After listening to the training method, Shen Yunie had this thought in his mind. This is a huge artificial island. It may take an hour to complete it by running at full speed with a car. What about the human body? And the human body is not like a machine that can run without stopping after giving it some energy.

No one around him had any doubts. The girls had run many times before. After Lewis gave the order, they turned around and walked towards the outside of Valkyrie. There was no need to follow the rules on the coastline. They could just run on their own.

Running such a long distance against the cold wind is as effective as running with a training machine, or even more effective. After all, this is the real environment they may encounter in the future.

Before starting to jog, Shen Yunie subconsciously glanced at Lewis, still curious whether anyone could complete this marathon-like major project.

Lewis seemed to understand what was in his mind and said only two words, “Depend on you.”

The long run began. The location of Valkyrie is on the Atlantic Ocean. Being surrounded by the sea means that the winter here is much colder than on land. The cold wind seems to blow the runners down. Snowflakes fall from the sky, and the golden beach is gradually dyed white.

It took half an hour to cover more than ten kilometers, and everyone ran at their fastest speed. Shen Yunie also got the answer to her previous thoughts. Indeed, no one could finish the race. The girls ran as hard as they could and stopped automatically when their bodies reached their limits and could not move even half a step.

Their faces were pale, hot air was coming out of their nostrils, and snowflakes fell on their hair and shoulders, but they didn't bother to deal with them. They were so tired that they couldn't move and watched the others move forward.

The team of nearly 100 people had already lost most of their number at this time, and only a few were still running. Among these people, Shen Yunie naturally came to the front. His physique was incomparable to these girls, and running more than ten kilometers was very easy for him.

While several girls in the group were blushing, he was still leading the group with a calm expression.

Inside Valkyrie, Shen Ning, wearing a nurse's uniform, was getting ready for work. The hospital was located at a high altitude, and she could see the girls training through the window every day. Usually, she would stand there and watch, subconsciously showing an envious look, but over time, she no longer did that.

No matter how envious she was, she still wasn't qualified to participate in the training. She might as well finish the work as soon as possible.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure outside the window who was far behind many people. She couldn't help but look up out of curiosity. She saw a young man who was ahead of everyone. She stared blankly for a long time, with a strange light in her beautiful eyes, "So amazing, Shen Yunie doesn't have a stigma, so he should be an ordinary person like me, but he can still be so much ahead..."

The girl suddenly recalled the answer she got from her previous inquiry. Even the S-rank Valkyrie told her to work hard.

Even though Shen Yunie didn't have the stigmata, she was still working hard. Perhaps this could really allow her to become a Valkyrie. Shen Ning thought for a long time, then slowly lowered her eyes. She would give it a try. Becoming a Valkyrie was her only dream after learning the truth about the collapse.

Shen Yunie didn't know that his pertinent answer would lead others to a different path. His physical strength was gradually depleted. He was stronger than everyone present, but he couldn't run the whole course without changing his expression. This was a marathon, and it might take several hours to finish.

There was only one blonde girl left behind him. Her face looked very bad. The long run and rapid breathing did not make her face red. Instead, it turned completely pale. She was still holding on. I don't know if she hadn't reached her limit or didn't want to be outdone by Shen Yunie.

"You have strong physical fitness. I thought you were from the Department of Mechanics, the kind of weak seedling." Lewis's leisurely voice came out from the headset, his tone full of praise, "If I can still go to the battlefield, I will definitely want you to join my team."

Shen Yunie exhaled and replied hurriedly: "I don't have a team yet, but I'm more used to being alone."

There was a voice chatting with him, and his brain was not so numb. In the space, Leah was still sleeping. He thought his limit would be 100 kilometers, but now his mind was much clearer and he seemed to be able to run farther.

"Haha, you are really a rare person who refuses the suggestion of your senior. Run hard, the person behind you is my favorite student. Leave her far behind and truly finish the race."

Shen Yunie didn't quite understand why he was asked to do this. It might be to make the girls behind him feel ashamed and then become braver. He didn't guarantee that he could do it, so he would stop when he could no longer move.

The girl with very short hair was trying to keep up with Shen Yunie. She was so tired that she couldn't think of anything. All she could think about was following and running. She had already run a long distance beyond her limit. She didn't stop because she didn't want to lose to this newcomer who didn't have Honkai energy.

She is the teacher's most proud student and should be the best. She will definitely be praised for exceeding her limits.

"Mia, try to see if you can beat him." Lewis's smiling voice sounded in the headset.

"I. Will. Beat. Him." The girl gritted her teeth and answered with some difficulty.

In the end, only two people were left running during this morning training. Originally, they were supposed to finish their run, have breakfast, and do other training, but now everything was put on hold. Neither Shen Yunie nor Mia stopped. They both seemed to have not reached their limits and seemed to be comparing with each other. Their pace was getting slower and slower, but they never stopped.

Lewis stood high above Valkyrie, his eyes locked on the two people who kept moving forward. The little figure grabbed her trouser legs and said unhappily, "Mom, come and see how I draw. What are you looking at?"

"Well, I'm watching a human-driven miracle." Lewis retracted her gaze and looked at the crayon man drawn by her daughter. She touched the white hair lovingly and picked it up. "Look, Brother Shen Yunie is so powerful. Do you want to train with him?"

"Forget it, I like painting."

Shen Yunie ran the entire course, from before dawn to noon, which was his limit. After finishing a lap, his muscles couldn't stand the cramps, and he stopped where he was and silently endured the twitching of his body. He didn't think of doing something that would shock everyone, he just wanted to meet Lewis's requirements and run to his limit.

Mia was unable to finish the race with him. With only a short distance left, the girl accidentally fell to the ground and never got up again.

"Will running like this really not cause muscle dissolution?" Leah said helplessly, trying to comfort the boy's almost numb mind. "You are the only one who can do this. Everyone else has stopped."

Shen Yunie grinned and gasped, "This is my limit. Maybe I can run farther. If I have Honkai energy, running a thousand kilometers won't be a problem."

"Don't run. You've done your best." Leah appeared and held his shoulders, massaging his shoulders while stopping him. "There will be other training next. These girls' morning training is equivalent to Saint Freya's entire day's training."

Valkyrie is the backbone of the force that delivers Valkyries to Destiny, followed by Saint Freya, and even lower than the military academies of some branches, but it ranks first in terms of comfort and beauty.

The girls had already finished their breakfast and other training, and now they were all gathered here to see Shen Yunie. This boy is so strong, is he really an ordinary person without Honkai energy?

"The answer is yes. Shen Yunie does not have Honkai energy in his body. If you don't believe it, the research institute can print out the data. His stigmata are only superficial now." Lewis understood everyone's thoughts again. She walked slowly and everyone made way for him. "Look, this ordinary person can run the whole course. His body is truly tempered to the extreme. You can let go of your flukes."

Many girls stop running after they run out of energy, thinking that this is their limit, but in fact they just haven’t escaped their comfort zone. They can run farther, but every day they only run a little farther than yesterday.

Some people lowered their heads in shame when they heard this, as what they were thinking deep in their hearts was revealed.

"Low-level energy drinks, with little side effects, can help you recover your strength." Lewis came to Shen Yunie and handed over the can he had prepared earlier. "Student Shen, you don't have to attend the afternoon training. You don't need those simple trainings to improve your physique. I will train you separately."

"Thank you, senior." Shen Yunie smiled at her, "I don't really like this kind of drink, not even the low-grade ones."

In a short time, he had recovered a lot and didn't care about the gazes on him. After thinking, he said seriously: "I'm very hungry. I want to eat something."

Lewis withdrew his hand, his eyes fell on the blonde girl who happened to run over, and suggested: "Let Mia take you there. She is also beyond my expectations. I still have to continue training."

The girl listened to the teacher very much. She just looked at Shen Yunie with complicated eyes and walked quickly in front of him without saying anything.

The two walked towards the inner restaurant of Valkyrie one after the other. There were not many people in this iron castle. Most of the scientists stayed in the research institute, the staff were at their posts, and the rest were the group of girls who continued their training.

Shen Yunie no longer looked around. He looked at the steel castle and concluded that it was more depressing and in line with the military academy. He still preferred the environment of Saint Freya. Mia in front of him looked serious. She seemed to be born with a cold personality, and now this coldness was even worse.

"Shen Yunie, many people dislike you as soon as you arrived."

23. Bullying the younger generation

The sound came from Mia's mouth. It turned out that she was not cold by nature. She was acting like this because she was dissatisfied with Shen Yunie. The girl was just venting her inner dissatisfaction. She did not stop and said nothing. She was going to take Shen Yunie somewhere, just to the restaurant.

Shen Yunie hesitated for a second and continued to follow her as if he didn't hear her.

This calmness made Mia unable to hold back. She looked at the boy who pretended not to hear with a slightly surprised look, and then turned to coldly, "You have forced all of us to raise our upper limits a lot, so that our training days may be more difficult in the future."

Shen Yunie had no choice but to reply. He shrugged and replied calmly, "But I'm just an ordinary person. If that's the case, it can only mean that your training is not thorough enough."

He could vaguely sense that it wasn't just most people who were dissatisfied, but only the girl in front of him. Perhaps he had stolen her limelight. After all, she was Lewis's favorite student, but he had easily defeated her.

"The teachers will use you as an example and ask us to break through higher limits, but not everyone can be like you. They will be tired."

"You have to do it even if you are tired. Otherwise, you will die on the battlefield. Didn't Senior Lewis say that? You won't stay in Valkyrie forever, will you?"

Mia was speechless, her light-colored lips opened for a long time but she couldn't refute. She didn't know if many people hated Shen Yunie for doing such a big project, but she hated it anyway. She almost died of exhaustion while running and didn't get any praise.

She had never been to the battlefield, and for the time being she was still a person who could transplant the stigmata. It was very painful to think that in the future she would be suppressed by this man's name before she could complete the race, and she would no longer receive any rewards or encouragement.

Mia was a little annoyed and stopped walking completely. She stared at the boy behind her and was unwilling to take him to the restaurant.

Shen Yunie slowly stopped. He was really hungry and wanted to eat more than before. It was obvious that his words had made the other party angry. He wanted to leave, so he could only teach this junior, "Pride and satisfaction are very dangerous things when you can't match them. My current physical fitness is only the strongest human.